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Common Names
Pecan
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATECHIN | 43 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CESIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.3 | 0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 46.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | not available | 0.3 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Seed | not available | 0.4 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | not available | 15.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUROPIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 712000.0 | 753000.0 | 2.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 22000.0 | 24000.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 1.6 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GOLD | 3 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HAFNIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | 0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 24.0 | 73.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 6670.0 | 7180.0 | 1.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LANTHANUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.3 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 4 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoprotective | 3 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 253. |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypertensive | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 13 | Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991. |
| Hypoglycemic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotriglyceridemic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |